With a market capitalization in the neighborhood of $100 billion today, Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is one of the most valuable publicly-traded chip companies in the world. It raked in about $17.64 billion in net revenue and $2.38 billion in operating income during its 2017 fiscal year. If you're a Broadcom shareholder or are thinking of investing in the company, here are three things that you should know about it.It's important for investors to understand Broadcom's capital allocation strategy, which CFO Tom Krause outlined on the company's Sept.